U.N. decries attacks on Afghan media at time when dialogue needed most
KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations on Monday denounced attacks on Afghan journalists and human rights activists at a time when dialogue...
Reuters
Feb 15, 2021
Peru: Hope for the victims of forced sterilizations
Hundreds of thousands of indigenous women in Peru were the victims of forced sterilizations in the 1990s. Victims, their families and...
!a Deutsche Welle 1
Feb 14, 2021
The Farmers' Protests Are a Turning Point for India's Democracy
The Farmers' Protests Are a Turning Point for India's Democracy—and the World Can No Longer Ignore That Farmers shout slogans as they...
TIME (Time Magazine)
Feb 13, 2021
Thousands March for Justice in Sri Lanka, Despite Ban
Protesters Call for UN Action on Accountability By Meenakshi Ganguly In Sri Lanka, families like those of Mariyasuresh Easwary, whose...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 11, 2021
Indigenous leaders killed in Philippines were ‘red-tagged’ over dam opposition
by Jun N. Aguirre on 8 February 2021 The killing of nine Indigenous leaders by police during an operation in the central Philippines on...
Jun N. Aguirre
Feb 10, 2021
Father of Pakistani rights activist arrested on ‘terror’ charges
Pakistan court grants police custody of Muhammad Ismail, father of prominent human rights activist Gulalai Ismail. By Asad Hashim 3 Feb...
Al Jazeera
Feb 6, 2021
Guinea: Deaths in detention and prison sentence for opposition members
Authorities in Guinea must investigate the deaths of at least four people in detention and end a wave of arrests targeting at least 400...
Amnesty International
Feb 2, 2021
Sri Lanka: Justice Under Attack
UN Human Rights Council Should Pursue Accountability (Geneva) – Sri Lanka’s government is aggressively attacking efforts to hold...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 1, 2021
77 Lashes for a Gay Couple in Indonesia
Troubling Trend of Anti-LGBT Actions By Kyle Knight Authorities in Indonesia’s Aceh province publicly flogged two gay men 77 times each...
Human Rights Watch
Jan 31, 2021
Sri Lanka: UN Rights Chief Decries Mounting Abuses
Report Highlights Need for Strong Human Rights Council Resolution (Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council , at its upcoming...
Human Rights Watch
Jan 30, 2021
Women Fleeing Venezuela Are Targeted With Sexual Assault As They Cross Into Colombia
Editor's note: This story includes details some readers may find disturbing. At a shelter for Venezuelan migrants in the Colombian border...
NPR 1
Jan 30, 2021
Colombia’s JEP indicts former FARC on War Crimes for kidnapping
Eight of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla’s most senior commanders have been formally charged by magistrates...
Richard Emblin | The City Paper
Jan 29, 2021
